Benefits for Government Employees

• Better fulfill Government of Sudan's mission.

• Enhance each government agency's citizen focus.

• Unify, simplify, and reduce redundancy in the delivery of services, information, and programs.

• Increase efficiency, effectiveness, and accountability.

• More time can be spend on value-added activities.

Benefits to Citizens

• Access programs, services, and information 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

• Obtain information through new delivery channels and new methods for interacting with government.

• Feel greater connectedness to a responsive Government.

• Access government services through single points of entry.

 Benefits to Public and Private Sectors

• Enjoy services tailored to business needs rather than organized around government departments.

• Work more collaboratively with each other and with Government.

• Be more efficient because of reduced reporting burdens.

Council of Minister Decree

The council of minister issued decree number 2 on August 2004 for a steering committee to be formed from a number of IT professionals. The Committee membership was revised in November 2005 to reflect the changes that were associated with the Peace Agreement signature.

GoS eGovernment Roadmap

The eGovernment initiative will be approached as follows:

1. Environment Scanning and Information Gathering

2. E-Government Strategy Formation

3. E-Government Projects Identification and Definition

4. E-Government Project Planning and Implementation

5. Review and Monitoring

GoS eGovernment Steering Committee

The eGovernment Steering Committee was formed in August 2004 to lay the foundation for the national initiative. The Committee mandate consists of:

1. Formulate the eGovernment strategic plan

2. Recommend the most suitable implementation approach

3. Orchestrate the environment scanning activities to assess current capabilities.

4. Establish the organization structure for the management team

 The Committee is made up of the following individuals:

• Dr Abubakr Elsiddig President

• Dr Mohammed Dani

• Dr Abubakr Hamad

• Dr Abubakr Mustafa

• Soudad Mohammed

• Osama Altayib

• Musab Barakat

• Mohammed Alsheikh

• Abdallah Alfadil

• Ameen Oushi

• Magdi Sherif

• Ikhlas Altoum

• Hafiz Atta Almanan

• Nadir Gailani

eGovernment Project

The eGovernment initiative is an important element of the effort of transforming the government into a more effective entity that will better serve the citizen.
The initiative consists of a portfolio of projects classified under; infrastructure projects, process reform, capacity building programs and legislations revision and update.